Toy gun.



B. T. OLIVER, W. T. BURBEY & T. GRIMES.

TOY GUN.

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4- kw 5 a q T 1 I 1 QT \N 1 RQ l 6 UNITED sTATEs T lumen A BERTIE THOMAS OLIVER, OF WALLINGTON, WILLIAM THOMAS;BU'.RBEY, OF LONDON, AND THOMAS GRIMESQ OF WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA, ENGLAND.

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Patented May 30, 1916.

Application filed August 12, 1915. Serial No. 45,109.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, BERTIE THOMAS OLIVER, manufacturer, of 'Gulval, Grosvenor Road, Wallington, Surrey, England, WILLIAM THOMAS BURBEY, manufacturer, of 161 Boundaries Road, Balham, London, S. W., England, and THOMAS GRIMEs, manufacturer, of Glentana, Sandown avenue, Westclilf-on-Sea, England, subjects of the King of Great Britain, have invented new and useful Improvements in Toy Guns; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to toy guns wherein spring means are employed as the propelling force, and has for its object the provision of new or improved means of the above type which shall be simple and powerful in action and easy to construct and which shall impart'to the gun av more realistic appearance than heretofore.

The invention consists broadly in a radially working propelling arm arranged to move in a path approximately coincident with the central longitudinal axis of the gun with means, in conjunction therewith for retracting such arm to the rear of the gun against the action of a suitable spring or springs and further means, releasable by the pressure of the finger, for retaining the same in such position of tension.

' One practical application of the invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawings in which I Figure 1 is a side elevation of the complete gun with the breech cap or cover partly open. Fig. 2 a central vertical section of the gun illustrated in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 an underside plan view with the carriage removed to more clearly show the mecha nism. Fig. 4 a top plan view of Fig. 1 with the breech cap or cover in the open position.

In the drawings, 10 represents the gun carriage as a whole consisting of two'portions 11 and 12 each stamped in one piece from sheet metal and connected together by lap joints as at 13 and 14. The forward end of each portion 11 and 12 is formed with an upstanding triangularly shaped piece 15 hav ng each'at their upper points an alined aperture within which the gun is pivotally mounted by means of trunnions 16. arcuate slot 17 is cut in the side of oneof the pieces 15 having as its center the corre sponding alined aperture for a purpose hereafter to be described. The gun portion, as distinct from the carriage 10 and will hereafter he referred to by the numeral 18, comprises a barrel19 formed from a length of metal tubing having at its rear or breech end a portion removed by cutting along a horizontal axis so as to divide the tube at. that portion into two halves the upper of which is then completely removed .by cutting I across at right angles to the other out at the termination thereof thus exposing the interior, and forminga semi-circular receptacle 20 into which the ammunition is placed previous to being expelled. A further cut away portion or slot 21 is formed in this receptacle 20 extending inwardly for a convenient distance from the rear thereof thus leaving two side pieces 22 which are then bent at right angles so as to oppose each other at their,ex-

tremities as at '23 leaving a narrow space through which enters the striking or expel ling arm 24 to within the slot 21.

The breech end of the barrel 19 is partly enveloped by a metal covering 25 having an openingin its top arranged so as to coincide with the recess 20 in the gun barrel which coincident opening isprovided with a hinged cover 26 of an external contour conforming to the top surface of the covering 25 so that when such cover is in the lowered or closed position a continuous surface is presented.

The forward end of this c'overing'25 has two ears 27 which depend from each side of-the barrel19 and are secured beneath it by a 7 gun 18 as exemplified by the trunnions 16 the covering 25 depends, on one side only, downwardly and outwardly as at 29 so that the extremity of the same is brought close up to the arcuate slot 17 and is there engaged by a clamping screw 30, the collar 30 of which is without the slot 17 By these means the gun 18 may be retained at any de sired elevation.

The rear of the covering 25 is cut to the form of a strip 31 which in width is approximately equal to or slightly greater thanthe barrel 19 and is bent so as to depend vertically downward for a portion of its length as at 31 the remaining portion sloping slightly outwardly so as to lie at a convenient angle to the vertical. Riveted at its upper end to the portion 31 is a blade spring 32 depending vertically downward for a convenient distance and having a detent 33 struck from its body at or about its center. This detent is adapted to engage the head of the striking arm 24:, see Fig. 1, when the same is in the lowered or firing position.

The striking arm 2 1 is for preference, stamped from a sheet of metal and is formed at its upper forward edge with a rounded portion 34 adapted to contact with the missile when expelling the same from the gun so as to obtain a hit as clean and sharp as possible. This arm 24 is supported upon a pivot pin 35 between the depending sides of the covering 25, a suitable bearing being provided in the form of a length of tubing 36 which fits exactly between the said depending sides thus correctly positioning the striking arm 24 to which it is secured. The arm is thus capable of a radial movement about the pin 35. To resist this movement in a backward direction and also to provide the necessary impetus for firing when the arm is released from'the detent 33 a spring 37 is coiled around the exterior of the tube 36 with one extremity resting against the exposed under part of the trunnion pin 16 and the outer xtremity engaging a notch 38 cut out of the edge of the arm 24, the whole being always in tension, that is tending to force the said arm into the vertical position assumed after firing and shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The notch 38 is in the example out at the point in the arm 2 1 where the same is bent to enable the upper or striking portion to lie coincident with the central longitudinal axis of the gun.

Extending from the lower portion of the arm'2 1 beneath the pin 35 is a foot 39 the extremity of which is bent so as to protrude beyond the cover 25. This foot is engaged by a. radially arranged catch piece 10 formed at the lower end of a lever 41 which lever is loosely mounted upon one extremity of the pin 35 and is provided at its upper end with a handle 42 so that the same may be moved radially about its pivot. This movement, in a backward direction, is resisted by a coiled spring 43 one extremity of which is secured to the said pin 35 while the other engages a lip 4-1 struck from the lever 11.

A bridge piece 45 is provided, adapted to attained, aft-er which the screw is again tightened. The lever 41 is then pulled over by means o1 the handle 42 taking with it the striking arm by reason or" the engagement between the two by means of the foot 39 and radial catchpiece 40. This backward movement is continued until the arm 21 has passed under the detent 33. The lever 411 is then released, the spring 4&3 returning the same to its normal position as indicated in Fig. 1, leaving the striking arm 24C in engagement by the said detent 33. The cap or cover 26 is now raised exposing the interior of the chamber 20 into which is of wood and circular in shape with a pointed nose and square back end or any other con-' venient shape'of device may be used. "When the missile is in position with its back end hard against the inturned extremities 23 the cover 26 is closed and the spring 32 retracted toward the portion 31 thus releasing the arm 2 1 from engagement by the detent 33 which immediately flies to the vertical position under the influence of the spring 37 and strikes the missile reposing in the recess 20 expelling the same with considerable iorce through the barrel 19.

hat we do claim as our-invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a toy gun, the combination of a mount, -abreech casing pivoted to the mount, a barrel fixedly secured to the breech casing, a spring actuated firing hammer pivoted in the breech casing and having a lateral extension on its inner end, a cooking lever pivoted on the breech casing exteriorly thereof and having its pivot in line with. the pivot of the firing hammer, means constantly tending to hold the cocking lever in forward position, a nib on the cooking lever engageable with they lateral extension on the hammer to retract the hammer when said lever is moved rearwardly, and means for releasably holding the hammer in retracted position.

2. In a toy gun, the combination of a mount, a breech casing pivoted to the mount, a barrel fixedly secured to the breech casing, a spring actuated firing hammer pivoted in the breech casing, means for retracting the hammer, a spring arm depending from the names to the specification in the presence of 10 rear end of the breech casing and having two subscribing Witnesses.

' its upper end rigidly secured thereto and a detent on the arm engageable With the hammer to releasably hold the latter in retracted THOMAS GRIMES v position, said detent being disengaged from the hammer by flexing said spring arm Witnesses: rearwardlyr C. M. SAVAGE,

In testimony whereof We have slgned our SIDNEY FORD.

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